Collegiate Baseball poll puts LSU third

3:03 AM,
Dec. 21, 2013

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Louisiana State is ranked No. 3 in the 2014 Collegiate Baseball newspaper preseason poll released Friday. The preseason ranking is LSU's highest since 2010, when the Tigers began the year at No. 2.

The Tigers, who had the nation's best winning percentage in 2013 (57-11, .838), were the NCAA Tournament No. 4 National Seed last season and advanced to the College World Series for the 16th time in school history. LSU is one of three Southeastern Conference teams appearing in the 2014 preseason Top 10, along with No. 2 Mississippi State and No. 9 Vanderbilt.